Writers Write. Creators Create: New Group Welcoming the curious and driven

This is the inaugural meeting of a new St. Pete writers' group (please note, it also includes screen writers, filmmakers who are looking to bounce ideas around). I am new to St. Pete and just want to meet and maybe work with likeminded people.

Location will be determined by June 24 -- would love some suggestions as I'm still learning what places make sense. Quiet coffeeshop with a big table would be great.

Please read the group's write up for what I would like to do. This is for sharing and discussing writing. Bring some work, a couple of pages, to read in the group. This is about sharing and discussion.
If you would like to be one of the people to do a reading -- make sure it's only about five minutes long. This can be a short story, a scene from a movie script, a poem, or something you are just playing with. Being the organizer, I will go first to break the ice. (Am also considering a google folder so everyone can read along -- let me know what you think.)

Proposed Agenda
Introductions: 15 minutes: -- who we are, what we're working on, expectations.
Group organizing and thoughts to include (5-10 minutes)
Readings: (4x10 minutes each): Five minute reading, and then five minute discussion. Notes should focus on story. Minor mistakes do not need discussion -- often we know we screwed up as we are reading. Focus on plot points and storytelling features. More serious criticism should not be done in the group setting.
Books: (15 minutes) Let's start recommending books to each other -- just one from each person (and decide if we want to all read it and discuss another time.
Tips: (15 minutes) What are you doing that is helping your writing -- a couple of minutes per person.
Wrap (10 minutes) Discuss what we can do in the next meeting. I would like to meet every other week, but see that other groups only meet once a month. We can decide.